Fifth and sixth class had a very exciting few weeks before Christmas, taking part in @Kidcast Podcast School Tour. It was a super learning experience, looking at literacy in a completely different way. We experienced working as script writers, editors, producers, researchers, directors, graphic designers, music directors, and of course presenter and guests!

We worked on the topic of PE, naming our podcast ‘Phizz Ed’! Gaelic football is very close to hearts here in Garrymore and we were thrilled to have the opportunity to interview Mayo football manager, Kevin McStay! Kevin joined us via zoom and we had a very insightful interview about his job! You’ll have to follow the link to hear all the hints and tips for becoming a county player!

We are very thankful to Céire O’Donoghue for sharing her wealth of knowledge and visiting our class to prepare for recording our podcast.

We also want to thank @RTEjr. for the opportunity to take part in such wonderful experience.

We had a podcast party on launch day, where we celebrated our work with some chocolate cake!

Well done 5th and 6th class! Enjoy everybody!

Have a listen here:

Here are some promotional videos created by Céire of our work:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGDOq4Psb90/?igsh=eTBwMWJoZHBmb2d3

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGDgW5cC9Q-/?igsh=ZmNvd3JwcHF5bXpz

@Claremorris946 @jojo_hynes @creativeirl @artscouncil_ie

“For the next hour, we advise the whole country move to level Gortskehy”

As part of our Creative Schools initiative 3rd and 4th class were presented with the opportunity of creating a radio show. We worked very hard with Jojo Hynes, our creative associate and Claremorris Community Radio. We started by brainstorming ideas and began the creative process of putting radio pieces together. We learned how to make radio reports, how to present items for radio and how to structure an hour of radio. We covered everything from the news and weather to farming to the sports desk and everything else in between. We also included some seasonal pieces as it was being aired on Christmas Day 2020.

We would like to thank Jojo Hynes and Claremorris Community Radio for giving us the opportunity of a lifetime. We had great fun putting this together and we hope you enjoy ‘Gortskehy Radio’ as created by 3rd and 4th Class. We definitely have a few budding radio stars in our midst here in Gortskehy National School.

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Gortskehy on Claremorris Community Radio 94.6 FM.

Our Christmas prayer service, featuring pupils from all classes was broadcast live from Carras Church which looks absolutely fantastic and is a credit to all involved. Happy Christmas everyone.

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This video was produced especially for the residents and staff of Hollymount Nursing Home. We hope you enjoy it as much as we had fun making it. Nollaig Shona!

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Click on a title below to view that section of the video.

@moylesjason @creativeirl @artscouncil_ie

We had a great 4 weeks learning guitar with Jason Moyles recently.

We started by learning how to tune our guitars using a tuner and our ear. We then learned 4 chords and have been practising a lot at home.

This extra-curricular activity has complemented our work in the creative schools project where our overall theme is music and performance.

Jason is a wonderfully talented musician and guitar player and it was a pleasure for the children to work with him. He has been very generous with his time and we are very thankful to him.